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Patented 001:. 31, 1893.

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(No Model.)

B. SPENGLER. MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER TUBES.

Patented 0011.31, 1893.

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WITNESSESf m ATTORNEY (No Model.) 5 Sheets-Sheet 3. R. SPENGLER.

MACHINE FOR MAKING-PAPER TUBES,

N0. 507,764. Patented Oct. 31, 1893.

(No Model.) 5 Sheets-Sheet 4.

R. SPENGLER. MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER TUBES.

N0. 5 07,764. Patented Oct. 31, 1893.

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R. SPENGLER. MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER TUBES.

WITNESSES: INVE TOR fi/f ATTORNEY *rnirns NITE REINIIART SPENGLER, OF NFiW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 507,764, dated October'31, 1893. Application filed February 9, 1891. Serial No. 380,766. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REINHART SPENGLER, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Wrapping spirally around the same another strip of paper. Better tubes can be'niade by taking a strip of paper or similar filament and winding it spirally around a mandrel in such manner that its coils will meet edge to edge, and in spirally winding outside of this strip a second strip and outside of the second strip a third strip, the lines of the joints on the several strips being staggered, or, in other words, arranged out of line. Each strip which is wound outside of the first will preferably be united with the one immediately underlying it by an adhesive substance.

The object of my improvement is principally to produce a machine which may be used for the making of these tubes.

The'improvement consists in certain combinations of parts which I will particularly describe. After doing so, I will point out the novel features of the improvement in claims. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a machine embodying my improvement and of certain means for driving the same. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of certain parts of the machine on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the machine taken at the plane of the dotted line a: a: Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a vertical section taken at the plane of the dotted line 3 3/ Fig. 1. Fig.

5 is a View of some of the parts shown in Fig.

4 and representing them in a different posit-ion. Fig. 6 is also a view of some of the parts shown in Fig. 4, representing them in positions different from those occupied by them in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a top view of parts shown on Fig. 4. Fig. 8 is a vertical section taken at the plane of thedotted linez 2 Fig. 1. Fig.

9 is an end view of the principal part of the machine, but this viewdoes not include all the parts which might be seen in an end view.

Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section ona'n enlarged scale of a portion of the machine com prising devices for finishing the tube. Fig. 11 is a transverse vertical section taken at the plane of the dotted line 112 10, Fig. 10. Fig.

2 is a side view of a machine embodying the improvement, but modified in respect to certain parts. This view also includes certain means for driving the machine. Fig. 13 is a top view of a portion of the pasting apparatus of'this machine. Fig. l4is an end elevation of parts of this pasting apparatus. Fig. 15 is a central vertical section of a guide pulley over which astrip of paper passes to a mandrel on the machine. Fig. 16 is a vertical section taken at the line '1; a; Fig. 12. Fig. 17 is a top view of parts shown in Fig. 16. Figs. 18 and 19 areenlarged details. Fig. 20 is a plan view showing the path of the pasted strips to the mandrel.

Similar letters and numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in a l the fig ures.

A designates the frame of the machine. it may be of any suitable construction and material.

B designates a mandrel fitted in a holder B which is supported in bearings b b erected on the frame A of the machine. The holder. is combined with means for rotating it which, as here shown, consist of a pulley b, and a belt I) surrounding such pulley and extending around a pulley 0 upon a counter shaft On the counter shaft 0 are fast and loose pulleys c 0 adapted to receive a belt whereby motion is at the proper timesiinparted to the shaft. The mandrel consists of a cylindric rod or shaft and it projects considerably beyond the bearing b so as to extend between wheels D D D Preferably the mandrel will be hollow and will have a current of hOl ,air circulated through it for the purpose of drying a tube formed upon it. The wheels D D D have their peripheries transverselycurved on lines which are approximately con centric with the mandrel. Preferably the pcripheries of these wheels will be roughened or faced with soft india rubber. As here shown, there are three of the wheels, and they are arranged equidistant1y,'as may be readily understood from Fig. 3. In Fig. 2 I have shown two of them in side view, so that all their details might be seen. Of course the lower of these wheels would appear in perspective if drawn so as toshow it in its true position.

The wheels D D D are supported on nonrotary arbors or studs d, which are affixed to blocks 6. fitting housings d in brackets (i The brackets d are secured to a tubular shaft D, which is supported in bearings d (i erected upoh the frame A' of themachine. This shaft as it rotates carries the wheels around the mandrel B. 'It is considerably larger than the mandrel, but the wheels D D D are in tended to be adjusted so that their peripheries will be close to the mandrel. 'l'o provide for this, screws d are combined with the housings d and blocks (1'. This adjustment also enables the wheels to be adjusted suitably for operating in connection with diiferent sized mandrels inserted in the holder B.

-It is intended that strips P P P of paper shall be wound around the mandrel and pressed toward the same by the wheels D D B. These wheels will also smooth down the strips after being Wound and feed the tube P which is formed from them lengthwise through the shaft D. Motion isimparted to the shaft D by means of a pulley d which is affixed to it and receives a belt.

are mounted loosely upon studs (1 secured to .the brackets d The Wheels (1 are secured .to worm wheels all, which are also loosely mounted upon the studs (Z The sprocket .wheels cl therefore turn with the worm wheels d around the studs (1. The worm wheels d engage with a. WOIHI (1 which is formed on the exterior of the bearing d of the tubular shaft D. As the shaft D carries the brackets d around the axis of the man,- drel B,,the worm wheels (1 will be caused to revolve around the screwthread (1 and, by revolving around the thread will be caused torptate upon the studs 01 Their rotary motion will be transmitted to the chain wheels means of'chains and thence to the wheels D D D .In this example of my improvement, the strips of paper P P are directed to the mandrel B by means of guide pulleys p p, and the strip of. paper P is directed to the mandrel by a similar guide puiley. in any suitable manner.

A governor E maintains the strip P under proper tension and-regulates its feed. It com-- prises a bracket e in which is journaled a pulley e and to which IS fulcrumed a lever 6 having pulleys e e journaled in its opposite ends on each side of the lever and provided with a weight e which tends to oscillate the lever into a horizontal position. A belt 6 These guide pulleys may be supported pasted upon its inner side.

The belt is the pulley e. without making the tension too great. A pulley e is journaled to one arm of the bracket e. tween its ends to the bracket 6 and in the present instance above the'journal of the pulley e. One end is provided with a pulley e The strip of paper P passes under the pulley e and also under the pulley e on its way to the guide pulley p, whence it passes to the mandrel B. To the arn of the bracket in which the pulley e is journaled, an arm 6 is pivoted. The inner end of the'lever e extends underthe outer end of this arm a. The strip of paper P becomes slack and .allows the outer end of'the lever c to descend. The inner end of this lever will raise the arm 2 against the resistance of a spring a which at one end is fastened to the bracket e and at the other is fastened to the arm a so as to *pull its end downward. The outerarm of the lever e isintendcd to preponderate sutficiently over the inner arm so as to take up What slack will ordinarilyexist in the strip P. Affixed to the pulley e is a roller e and above this roller e a similar roller 6 isjournaled tothe outer end of the arm e These two rollers are in effect feed rollers, for they regulate the feed of the strip P. Whenever-slack occurs in the strip and the outer arm of the le ver 6 descends in consequence thereof, the roller Q will be raised from the strip P and after that the roller 6 will be unable to continue the feed of the strip. As soon as the slack of the strip P shall have beentaken up to the desired degree, the lever ewill be raised, so as to permit the roller 2 to descend prevents the strip P from being wound so tightly about the mandrel as to cause it to cling.

It will of course be understood that the strips P P are wound outside the strip 1. and are so disposed that. the several coils of the three strips break joints with each other. Either one or both of the strips P P may be I have only shown a pasting apparatus in connection with the stripP but it is intended that a similar apparatus will be used in connection with the strip P In this example of my improvement, the pasting apparatus consists of a box F, preferablyv made of tinned iron, and containing a block to of nearly the same area as its interior and made of material sufficiently light to enable it to float on the top of a mass A lever-e is fulcrunied be '8o provided with a bracketf'in which is jourrings 0 surrounding the outer end 'portion ofwise of the cylinders. The springs coiled .block will be slotted so thatthe lower part of false bottom will afford provision for raisin".

vide for a slipping of the pulley relatively to passes around a pulley t affixed to the shaft of paste contained in the box. The block is naled a roller Beneath this roller the the roller may extend through it and contact with the paste. B y contacting with the paste, it is intended to pick up paste and deposit .it upon the under side of the strip P Of course this roller will be in the line which the strip takes after leaving its guide pulley p The box F may be provided with a false bottom fflwhich can be raised and lowered by means of a screw f attached to it and a nut f engaging with the screw and connected with the main bottom of the box. The

the-contents of the box for the purpose of elevating the pasting roller.

It will be advantageous to subject the tube to a scraping and smoothing operation for the purpose of finishing it. I provide for doing this by passing the tube through a rotary cylinder T furnished with scraping and smoothing device t, best illustrated in Figs. 10 and 11. The cylinder is supported by standards t erected upon the top of the frame A of the machine. At one end it is journaled directly in one of the standards t, but at the other end it has fitted to it adriving pulley t and the hub of this pulley is journaled in the adjacent standard t. This pulley need not be rigidly united with the cylinder T, but preferably will be clamped thereto so as to prothe cylinder, in the event of the scrapers or smootherst encountering any obstruction. I have shown for this purpose a clamping plate t fastened to one side of the pulley t by means of a screw t and having an arc-shaped end which bears against the circumference of the cylinder T. The driving pulley t derives rotary -motion through a belt i which also O.' The scrapers or smoothers t are fitted in slots, formed longitudinally in the cylinder '1. and they are pressed inwardly toward the center of the cylinder'by means of springs t which in the present instance, are coiled around rods i within cylinders t, fastened to the cylinder T and extending radially from the circumference thereof. The cylinders 15 are fitted in sockets i which are formed integral with the cylinder and slotted in the direction of their length, so as to have sections which may be drawn together with a clamping action. The cylinders may be adjusted longitudinally within said sockets and may be fastened therein by means of clamping screws i which operate in conjunction with the sockets. At the outer ends the cylinders .t have caps fi -applied to them, and, as here shown, these caps are attached by means of screwthreads so as to be adjustable lengtharound the rods t at one -end bear against shoulders formed upon the rods and at the .tube T.

Preferably there will be combined with the means which I have described for formingthe tube devices whereby the tube may be out transversely into pieces.

G designates a cutter, here shown as consisting of a rotary saw, which is intended to move in the direction of the length of the tube P, and as fast as this tube is moved, and

to rotate simultaneously so that it may cut the tube at right angles to its axis. It ismounted upon a shaft g, which is journaled in an arm g that extends from a sleeve 9 On the saw shaft is aifixed a pulley g, which receives a belt g that passes around a pulley which is made very wide so that the belt may travel across it. The sleeve 9 fits around a screw 9 It does not engage with the thread of the screw, but simply rests against the periphery of the thread. This screw is mounted on a shaft g which is journaled in brackets g g g, erected upon the frame A. On one end of the shaft g is a belt pulley g which derives motion through a belt from apulley 9 to the tubular shaft D carrying the wheels D D D The sleeve 9 is provided with a circumferential slot in which is pivoted by pins 9 a finger g This finger engages withthe screwthread, and, while it remains in en- I gagement with the screwthread, the screw will move the sleeve in the same direction that the tube P is propelled by the wheels D D D and at the same speed. The finger g is raised beyond the peripheral line of the'scrowthread 9' when the saw has moved a sufficient distance with the tube-P to cut it through'and is desired to return to the starting position.

It is raised at the point where the face of the screwthread vanishes into the periphery of the shaft which is coincident with the-outer circumference or periphery of the screwthread.- The finger is held in engagement I with the screwth'read by means'of a resilient bar g which extends in the direction of the length of the sleeve, above the finger. When the finger is raised by the ending of the screwthread groove, the bar 9 will yield, but as soon as the finger has passed beyond the end ofthe bar, the bar will drop to its normal position and its edge on a return movement of the finger will engage with a curved edge 9 ofthe finger g and thereby hold the fingerin a raised position. After'the raising of the finger, the saw willbe moved in therevcrse direction to the movement of the tube P for the purpose of returning to the starting poposition until it shall have been carried beyond that extremity of the bar g which is the nearest to the wheels D D D By this time, the finger g will havebeen carried beneath a hooked arm 9 extending from a rock shaft 9", and the hooked end of said arm 9' will retain the finger 9 in an elevated position. When it is desired that the saw shall again operate, the shaft g will be rocked to raise the arm 9, whereupon the finger g wili descend into the screwthread. lFhe rock shaft is journaled in bracltets g and is operated, in the present instance, by the tube P which is formed of the paper strips. The tube operates to do this by the contacting of its forward end with an arm 9, which is mounted upon a rock shaft g that is journalcd in a bracket-g One end of the rock shaft 9 extends near to the rock shaft g and this end has affixed to it an eccentric g. The rock shaft 9 has afiixed to it an arm g that extends over the eccentric g. The rock shaft 9 is arranged at right angles to the rock shaft g, and, owing to this, the longitudinal movement of the tube P may impart motion to it, so as to cause its eccentric to oscillate the rock shaft 9 it will'be seen that whenever the forward end of' the tube reaches the arm g it will cause the hooked arm 9 to release the finger g whereupon the sleeve g will be caused to travel along the screw g After the forward end of the tube shall have been out off and fallen or otherwise been delivered from the machine, the arm g will be released so that it may be returned by a spring g toits normal position. The bracket g, which carries-the rock shaft 9 is connected to the frame A, so as to be capable of adjustment lengthwise of the latter into diffcrent positions. Obviously such an adj ustment provides for cutting different lengths of tube in the machine.

Except while the saw G is being carried along with the tube through the agency of thescrew y, it is out of contact with the tube,

1. It is capable of a movement through the tube and away from it because the sleeve can oscillate around the screw. The sleeve has affixed to it a downwardly extending arm g which is provided with a weight 9 or its equivalent for forcing this arm toward the frame A. g is an inclined strip or cam along which the arm g travels when the sleeve is moved along the screw. By traveling along thisincline or cam, the arm g is forced outward and consequently the saw Gr is forced through the tube P. When the sleeve returns to its normal position the arm g travels baclt along the inner side of the incline or cam g until it passes such incline or cam, whereupon it is ready to again co-operate with the incline or cam to force the saw through the tube. g

The tube P forward of the saw G is supported in a trough ll made of sheet metal and supported by arms h which are afixed to a rock shaft h. This roclr shaft h is journaled semen in one of the brackets g and in the bracket 9 and has affixed to it an arm 7L2 having a cam like outer extremity. The sleeve g which surrounds the screw g is provided with an arm g which contacts with the cam-like end of the arm It just before the cutting of the tube by the saw has been completed, and

roclrs the shaft It in such direction as to effect H from'the conthe withdrawalof the trough As this part of tiguous part of the tube P.

the tube has just previously been cut off by the saw, it will fall to the ground.

Turning now tothe modification of the improvement shown in Figs. 12 to 17 inclusive, I will premise that it is identical with the machine already described excepting the difference in the mandrel B and in the manner in which the strips P P P are wound around the mandrel B. The strips P P are pasted. The difference in these parts of the machine I will now describe. The mandrel B is here held stationary and has formed upon that part of its exterior which receives the strips P P P 'a spiral thread of slight projection and pitched to correspond with the spiral line at which the strips P P I are designed to be wound around the mandrel. P P P designate strips similar to those already so designated. F designates a paste box,'here shown as of cylindricform and which may be made of brass or other suitable material. In it is arranged a weighted piston f having a rod f passing upwardly through a guide in a cross-piece f attached to the top of the box F. The paste box F is arranged adjacent to the mandrel B and has extending from it in the direction of the mandrel a number of be interfered with. Theweight of the piston serves to force the paste out into the tubes. The sides of the tubes are provided with openingsf, through which the paste may exude under control of slide valves f which are capable of being moved lengthwise of thetubes by means of rods fitted to guides in the outer ends of the tubes and having handles beyond the tubes by which they may be adjusted. These valves may consist of pieces of soft rubber attached to metal rods and held to their seats in the tubes by means of springs 1". Obviously by adjusting the valves so as to ex pose more of the openingsf, the escape of the paste may be facilitated, and conversely, the escape of the paste may be reduced by moving the valves so as to cover more of the openings. Adjacent to the tubes are guide rollers 10 10".. A pair of these guide rollers are adjacent to each of the tubesf, one of the'pair being on each side of said tube. The rollers 19 19 are mounted loosely upon studs p extendinghorizontally from the paste box. The

4 f. Preferablythese rollers will be severally constructed of two sections, 1, 2, each havinga body and a flange and fitted to a piece of tube, 3, and fastened thereto by set screws,

5 4, as when thus made each will be adjustable for di'lferent widths of strips P P P The strip P P P move in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 14, passing from spools first over the rollers, thence un- IO der the tubes f where the perforations f are located, thence over the rollers 9 and fromthere around guides, U, to themandrel B. Where it is not necessarythat the strip P, as well as the strips 10 p shall be I 5 pasted, the strip P may pass directly from the spool to its guide U. The rollers 19 p and a tube f will preferably, however, be provided for the strip P, so that the latter may be pasted if desired. For each tube f 20 which is to be used to paste a strip, I preferably provide a brake, consisting, for example,0t aleverf lfulcrumed between its ends by-pinsf to the paste box, having its operative end' adapted to press against a strip- 2 5 passing around an opposite tube f and pro- .vided at the other end with some device as, for instance a weight f for impelling the op erative end against the strip. The rollers 10 1) and the openings f of the tubes f are located in difierent planes, or, in other words, at different distances from the paste box, so that the strips P P P in passing around them shall not interfere. I-will now explain the construction of the guides U. There will be one for each strip' P P P Each comprises a collar 11. mounted upon a stud 11. extending from the bracket or bearing b under the mandrel B. .Each collar uis constructed so that it may be clamped 4c in position on the stud u, and,'owing to this, provision is afforded for adjusting the several collars into difierent positions on said stud. From each collar an arm n extends horizontally at right angles tothe length of the stud 5 u. The paste box F is farther in thebackgroundthan the mandrel B and the arms u extend toward the plane or Iine'of the paste box, or rearward in Fig. 16. At its extremity, each rod 14, has-combined with it a clamp collar to, having two clamping portions, one of which fits thecorresponding rod 11 andthe other of which receives within it a rod a that extends parallel with the stud ,u.

The collar tb -is adjustable along the adja- 5 5 cent rod 2& towardand from the stud a and the corresponding rod to is adjustable in the direction of its' length on the stud u within the collar to. In the outer extremity of each rod 11. is a trough-shaped guide 10 through which a strip P P or 1? passes on its way to the mandrel B. The several strips are directed by the guides a properly to the man: drel. What Ifclaim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I 1. In a machine for winding strips or filaments. the combination of a paste box, tubesextending therefrom, openings in said tubes, guide pulleys for directing strips or filaments across the-openingsof said tubes anda mandrel around which said strips or filaments may be wound, substantially as specified.

In a machine for winding strips or filaments, the combination of a paste box,tubes extending therefrom, openings in said tubes, valves for controlling the openings, guide pulleys for directing strips or filaments across the openings of said tubes and a mandrel around which said strips or filaments mayb strips or filaments may be wound, substan;

tially as specified.

4. In a machine for winding strips or fila ments, the combination of a mandrel having a screwthreadofslight projection upon its exterior,.and a number of wheels revolving around the axis of saidmandrel and rotating upon their own axes,substantially as specified.

'5. In a machine for making a tube by winding strips or filaments, the combination with a mandrel wheels revolving around the axis of the same and rotating upon their own axes and means for adjusting the same toward and from the mandrel of a scraping or smoothing device consisting of a cylinder furnished with scrapers j or smoothers adjustable toward and from the axial line of said cylinder, substantially as specified.

6. In a machine for making a tube by windind strips or filaments, the combination with a mandrel wheels revolving around the axis of the same and rotating upon their own too ward and from the mandrel of a scraping or smoothing device consistingof a cylinder furnished with scrapers or smoothers adjust able toward and from the axial line of said cylinder and springs forregulating the press are of said scrapers or smoothers, substantially as specified.

7. In a machine for making a tube by winding strips or filaments, the combination with a mandrel wheels revolving around the axis of the same and rotating upon their own axes, and means for adjusting the'same relatively to the mandrel of a scraping or smoothing device consisting of a cylinder furnished with scrapers or smoothers adjustable toward and from the axial line of said cylinder, springs for regulating the pressure of said scrapers or smoothers and means for adjusting the tension of the springs, substantially as speci-' fied. 1

8. In a machine for making a tube by winding strips or filaments, the combination with a mandrel wheels revolving around the axis to the mandrel of a scraping o'r smoothing de-- lib? vice consisting of a cylinder furnished'with scrapers or smoothers adjustable toward and fromthe axial line of said cylinder and stops for limiting the inward movement of the scrapers or smoothers.

9. In a machine for makinga tube by windmg strips or filaments, the combination with a mandrel wheels revolving around the axis oi the same and rotating upon their own axes, and means for adjusting the wheels relatively to the mandrel of a scraping or smoothing device consisting of a cylinder furnished with scrapers or smoothers ad justable toward and from the axial line of said cylinder and a driving pulley having a flexible connection with said cylinder whereby a slip may occur between said pulley and said cylinder, substantially as specified.

10. 'lhe combination, with mechanism for winding strips or filaments, of a cutter, a support for the cutter movable in the direction of the length of a tube formed by winding said strips or filaments, a screw for moving the support in the direction of the length of the said tube a movable finger carried by the support for engagingthescrew and a cam or incline for moving said support transversely to tfihgllength ot the tube, substantially as specie 11. The combination, with mechanism for windingstripsorfilaments,ofacuttenasleeve gr by which said cutter is supported, a screw 9: around which said sleeve extends, and a linger g pivoted to said sleeve and constructed to engage with the screw, substantially as specified.

12. The combination, with mechanism for w mdingstrips or filaments,ofacutter,asleeve g by which said cutter is SUPPOItBtLfi screw g around which said sleeve extends, a finger g pivoted to said sleeve and constructed to engage with the screw, and a resilient bar 5 for holding the finger in engagement with the screw until said finger passes beyond the end of the screw and for subsequently holdmg the finger in an elevated position so as to permit of the return movement of the sleeve substantially as specified. 7

13. The combination, with mechanism for winding strips or filaments, of a cutter, a sleeve g by which said cutter is supported, a

screw g around which said sleeve extends, a

finger g pivoted to said sleeve and constructed to engage with the screw, a resilient bar 9 4 for holding the finger in engagement with the screw until said finger passes beyond the end of the screw and for subsequently hold ing the finger in an elevated position so as to permit of the return movement of the sleeve, and a weight or its equivalent for returning the sleeve, substantially as specified.

14. The combination, with mechanism for winding strips or filaments, of a'cutter,a support for the cutter movable in the direction ot the length ot, a tube formed by winding said strips or filaments, a screw for moving said support in the same direction said tube,

portfor the cutter movable-in the a weight or its equivalent for returning the said support to its normalposition, a finger whereby the support may be engaged with and disengaged from the screw and mechanism, substantially such as described, operated b Y said tube for controlling said finger subvstantially as specified.

15. The combination, with mechanism for winding strips or filaments, of a cutter, a

sleeve g by which said cutter is supported, a

screw around which said sleeve extends, a finger g pivoted to said sleeve and constructed to engage with the screw, a resilient bar 9 for holding the finger in engagement with the screw until said finger passes beyond the end of the screw and for subsequently holding the linger in an elevated position so as to permit of the return movement of the sleeve, a rock shaft g, a hooked arm g for engaging with the finger after it shall have passed beyond the bar g in the return movement of the sleeve, an arm 925 atfixed to said rock shaft g, a rock shaft g arranged transversely to the rock shaft g an eccentric on said roclt shaft g for operating upon ,the'arm Q and an arm g whichis operated by the said tube that is formed by winding the strips or filaments, substantially as specified.

16. The combination, with mechanism for winding strips or filaments, of a cutter, a support for said cutter made in the tormof a sleeve, a screw for moving this support in the same direction as the tube, a stationary cam or incline for rocking the sleeve so as to move the cutter transversely to the tube, a finger for engaging and disengaging the sleeve with the screw, a weight or its equivalent for returning the sleeve to its normal position and mechanism for controlling said finger, substantially as specified.

17. The combination, with mechanism for winding strips or filaments, ot' a cutter for severing the tube, and movable in the direction of the length of the tube a trough-shaped support for the forward end of the tube, a rock; shaft for sustaining this trough-shaped support and mechanism for operating said roclr shaft so as to cause it to remove the troughshaped support from beneath the adjacent portion of thetube, substantially as specified.

18. The combination, with mechanism for winding strips or filaments, of a cutter, a supsame direction as the tube, a trough-shaped supportfor the forward portion of the tube and a IOGll; shaft sustaining said support arm that has a canrlike extremity with which coacts an arm eaten din gtrom the cutter support, substantially as specified.

in testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

n'stnnnnr sr'snennn. Witnesses:

WM. 6. Bnnnnn'r, lino. l Giannini and having an too 

